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Employers are still misclassifying millions of workers as independent contractors, instead of employees, according to a recent government report.

The majority of tax professionals are not fully aware or protected against cyber-risks, according to a recent survey of 633 National Association of Tax Professionals members.

Email is often the first introduction to mobility for many users and the Boxer email app takes it to the next level by combining all user email accounts in one interface.

The many faces and scenes from the vendor's annual user and partner event.

BDO USA took the top spot in the league tables for large-firm gains of Securities and Exchange Commission audit clients in the second quarter of 2013. The Chicago-based firm, which ranks No. 8 on Accounting Today’s Top 100 Firms list, added a net nine new firms, far ahead of most other firms for the period.

A financial technician who worked in a Boone County, Ky., office of the Internal Revenue Service has been charged with multiple crimes relating to her unauthorized access of an IRS computer to obtain personal information about taxpayers.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Return Preparer Office said it is sending letters to 3,000 tax preparers who failed to use a valid Preparer Tax Identification Number.

Russell Golden, the newly appointed chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, will be overseeing a board that will be dealing with a new uncertain environment in which it will be only one of a number of standard-setters from around the world working together in a more multilateral way to decide on future standards for the profession to follow.

David A. Vaudt, the new chairman of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, plans to closely monitor the impact of GASB’s new pension accounting standards on the finances of state and local governments.

The Washington Society of CPAs announced that the Washington CPA Foundation awarded $52,000 in scholarships to 17 accounting students at 10 schools in the state.